Field Report - May 31, 2025

May 31, 2025 Posted by: Mountaineering Ranger Teams

Patrol Reports 

14K Patrol #1 Ramos-Leon, Guetschow, and team returned to Talkeetna last week after a successful setup of the 14,200’ Camp. We are very grateful to the Volunteers in Parks who dedicated their time to setting up, and to a volunteer who specializes in remote weather stations, who was able to work with the NPS teams to get the weather station at 14,000’ reporting successfully. 

To find the weather conditions at the 14,000’ station, head to the MESOWEST webpage: 

1) mesowest.utah.edu
2) Under the “Station Search”, change the selection from “address” to “station ID”. 
3) After switching the search to station ID, type “FCPA2,” and hit enter to search. 

This will bring you to the weather station for “Denali 14,200 Foot Camp, Station ID: FCPA2”

A volunteer dressed in black checks a weather station in the snow
VIP working on the Weather Station. Photo/Guetschow

A collage of photos of rangers setting up camps in the snow
14,200-foot Camp set up progress collage. Photos, Patrol #1 Team

6 rangers stranding a line and smiling at the camera at basecamp
Patrol #1 Team at Base Camp before flying back to Talkeetna. Ranger Kakiko Ramos-Leon, Malcom Herstand, Tanner B., Ranger Taylor Guetschow, Andrea Tupy, and Julia Dramis.

14K Patrol #2 Kayes and his team got a few extra days at Base Camp this week, which they had helped install on the front end of their patrol. The team was the first patrol of the season to reach High Camp. We are told they had a great time along the way, with reports of cakes being consumed on both the lower glacier and at 14,200’.

3 rangers sitting in a red tent in full winter gear
3 rangers in full winter gear shown from above laying on the ground with joyful expressions
Patrol Team #2

Kayes Patrol #2 and team will be swapping positions with 14K Patrol #5, Baldwin and Barrier, who flew in this afternoon, bringing the Patrol #2 team home. 

4 rangers stand arm in arm in front of a red plane
Ranger Scotty Barrier, Jaiden with the 212th Rescue Squadron, Zack Little from Grand Teton NP, and Ranger Travis Baldwin.

14K Patrol #3 McBrayer and Pendery have spent the week getting acclimated at 14,200’ Camp, and are planning to move to High Camp today, 5/31, with the clearing trend. 

2 rangers wearing mirrored ski glasses and down coats pose in front of red tent and a snow covered mountain
2 rangers wearing mirrored ski glasses and down coats pose in front of red tent and a snow covered mountain
2 rangers stand together on skis with winter gear in front of a snow covered mountain
Patrol Team #3

14K Patrol #4 Oken and crew are presently at 14K holding down the fort. 

5 rangers lie on the ground with their chins in their hands in front of the Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station
 Patrol #4 Team before launching. From left to right, Willy Plovanic, Dan Stikeleather, Sam Aaronson, Joe Grout, and Ranger Chrissie Oken Base Camp Patrol #2 Steve Mock, President of the Denali Rescue Volunteers, and his volunteers Alexis and Alex are in the middle of their Base Camp Patrol this week.  

3 rangers stand in front of a red helicopter
Base Camp Patrol #2 Team Members Steve Mock, Alexis Johnson and Alex Dunn.

Last updated: June 12, 2025

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PO Box 9
Denali Park, AK 99755

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907 683-9532
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